We open on Dream paging through a book labeled “Rose Walker.” In a flashback, a boy and a girl are packing to leave for New Jersey, but then their mom comes in to say that their (clearly abusive) father refuses to let the boy, Jed, go with them. The girl, Rose, will go with her mom to New Jersey and then send for Jed to join them later. Ugh. Desire, played very sexily by Mason Alexander Park, summons their sister Despair to talk with them about their plans for Dream. This is my least favorite thing: As in the comics,…
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We open on Dream feeding pigeons in the park and doing the world’s biggest-ever sulk. He catches an errant ball without looking, and as its owner retrieves it, KIRBY HOWELL-BAPTISTE!!!!! walks up. (The owner of the ball is called Franklin. He’s adorable, but he’s also a race-bent character who I know is going to die by the end of the episode, which like… agh! This is happening too often! Please, Sandman casting people, contemplate the ramifications of these choices!) KIRBY HOWELL-BAPTISTE!!!!! as Death is the best casting in an altogether well-cast series. She’s warm and funny, and she has an…
Leave a CommentWe open on Dream’s realm looking very much like Mordor. Lucienne tells him she kept a journal for a while of what happened in his absence, but then the words faded out, the ink vanished from the paper of all the books in the library, and then the library vanished and Lucienne never found it again. You can tell Dream really appreciates that Lucienne stuck around, especially when she’s like “I knew you would return.” Of course he doesn’t thank her. That is not his Vibe. He tries to at least put his throne room back together, but without his…
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